Introduction | Task | Process| Resources | Evaluation| Conclusion Introduction: Congratulations! You have been selected to design a get-away house for you and a friend.
The Task: To get ready for this special assignment, you and your partner must be sure that you have the skills that you, the architects, will need. A solid understanding of area and perimeter is required. Once you show mastery through graph paper drawings, you will design and draw the floor plan for a small house. Then you will determine how much carpet you will need in two rooms and how much fencing you will need to go around your yard to make sure your dog doesn't get away while you are at school. Your final product will be a floor plan and a drawing of how your house will look from the front.
The Process: At the computer: Read all directions before you click. Go to Area Explorer.
Congratulations! You are now a Licensed Fun House Architect! At home
Measure the length and width of your bedroom and one other room in metres and cm so that you will know what a normal room size is. The rooms you draw will be smaller.
In the classroom: With your partner:
Compare the measurements you gathered at home.
Draw a house on 1cm graph paper. Your house must have at least three rooms and a perimeter of at least 60 metres
Figure out how many square metres of carpet you will need for 2 rooms. Show those measurements in the drawing of the room.
Draw the fence around the yard. How much fencing will you need? Include the unit.
Conclusion: CONGRATULATIONS again! You have used your knowledge of measurement, area and perimeter to design a house. You have also used your artistic ability to share it with your classmates. Who knows? This may be the beginning of a new career. Created and designed by Jean Moxley , Alamance Elementary, GuilfordCountySchools. GCS WebQuests
Using Area and Perimeter to Design a Fun House
Introduction | Task | Process| Resources | Evaluation| Conclusion
Introduction:
Congratulations! You have been selected to design a get-away house for you and a friend.
The Task:
To get ready for this special assignment, you and your partner must be sure that you have the skills that you, the architects, will need. A solid understanding of area and perimeter is required. Once you show mastery through graph paper drawings, you will design and draw the floor plan for a small house. Then you will determine how much carpet you will need in two rooms and how much fencing you will need to go around your yard to make sure your dog doesn't get away while you are at school. Your final product will be a floor plan and a drawing of how your house will look from the front.
The Process:
At the computer:
Read all directions before you click.
Go to Area Explorer.
Go to Perimeter Explorer
As a final review, go to Area and Perimeter Interactive
- Read carefully and do exercises 1-3. (You may need to draw them on graph paper) Please show how you completed exercise 2 using some grid paper.
Now print and complete the following activities.
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Congratulations! You are now a Licensed Fun House Architect!At home
- Measure the length and width of your bedroom and one other room in metres and cm so that you will know what a normal room size is. The rooms you draw will be smaller.
In the classroom:With your partner:
Your house must have at least three rooms and a perimeter of at least 60 metres
Show those measurements in the drawing of the room.
How much fencing will you need? Include the unit.
Resources:
Area Explorer
Perimeter Explorer
Area and Perimeter Interactive
Still don't get it? Try this.
Carpet court Use the area calculator to choose your carpet and work out the cost.
Evaluation:
Successful completion of all items on the check sheet will be used to evaluate this project. (please print yourself a copy)
Conclusion:
CONGRATULATIONS again! You have used your knowledge of measurement, area and perimeter to design a house. You have also used your artistic ability to share it with your classmates. Who knows? This may be the beginning of a new career.
Created and designed by Jean Moxley , Alamance Elementary, GuilfordCountySchools.
GCS WebQuests